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| 1. | [ verb ] fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense | |
| Examples: | "She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat" |
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| Related terms: | keep sleep_off white-out | |
| 2. | [ verb ] fail to win | |
| Examples: | "We lost the battle but we won the war" |
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| Related terms: | win drop go_down take_the_count loser compete | |
| 3. | [ verb ] suffer the loss of a person through death or removal | |
| Examples: | "She lost her husband in the war" "The couple that wanted to adopt the child lost her when the biological parents claimed her" |
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| Related terms: | suffer | |
| 4. | [ verb ] place (something) where one cannot find it again | |
| Synonyms: | mislay misplace | |
| Examples: | "I misplaced my eyeglasses" |
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| Related terms: | situate put | |
| 5. | [ verb ] miss from one's possessions; lose sight of | |
| Examples: | "I've lost my glasses again!" |
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| Related terms: | find forget losings | |
| 6. | [ verb ] allow to go out of sight | |
| Examples: | : "The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light" |
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| 7. | [ verb ] fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit | |
| Synonyms: | turn_a_loss | |
| Examples: | "I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!" "The company turned a loss after the first year" |
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| Related terms: | profit break_even losings loser | |
| 8. | [ verb ] fail to get or obtain | |
| Examples: | "I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad" |
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| Related terms: | win | |
| 9. | [ verb ] retreat | |
| Synonyms: | fall_behind fall_back recede drop_off | |
| Related terms: | gain regress recession | |
| 10. | [ verb ] fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind | |
| Synonyms: | miss | |
| Examples: | "I missed that remark" "She missed his point" "We lost part of what he said" |
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| Related terms: | overlook | |
| 11. | [ verb ] be set at a disadvantage | |
| Synonyms: | suffer | |
| Examples: | "This author really suffers in translation" |
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| Related terms: | worsen suffer | |
| Similar spelling: |
loose Lohse louse Loise Losee Losey Louise loge Lois Loos loss Locke loess Loeza Logue Lokey loasa lousy Loyce Louis lossy Lowes Lougee Loesch Lok lox log louche Loucks Louque lock loco low-key Loso Loux logy Louk Loki Look loch Losh logo Loza |
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